Filed under: Accessories, iPhone, iPod touch
Use your iPhone and keep your hands warm
With the first day of Autumn on Monday, cold weather is just around the corner for much of the northern hemisphere. But don't worry, you can still wear gloves and use your iPhone with Dots Gloves.
Dots Gloves include a little metal button at the fingertip that allows you to use the multitouch screen of your iPhone or iPod touch without direct finger contact. The metal dots are curved, and will not scratch the screen of your device. The dots are on the thumb, index, and middle fingers of the glove.
They also work great with Nintendo DS, notebook trackpads, ATMs, and kiosks with touch-screen displays.
A pair of knit gloves are $13, and wool gloves are available for $18.
And if gloves aren't your thing, you can always use a stylus. Or, as Erica pointed out to me, you can use your iPhone itself to keep your hands warm. Just start the Camera app, and lock the screen. Of course, this runs your battery dry in short order, but if your hands are that cold, it could be worth it.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nathan said 11:08PM on 9-19-2008
Or, you know, you could just wear fingerless gloves...
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brnmbrns said 2:29PM on 9-19-2008
Believe it or not I just may actually get a pair of these.
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Niklas said 2:53PM on 9-19-2008
Because we all know that metal never gets freekishly cold.
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Patrick McCarron said 3:06PM on 9-19-2008
Another option is the Marmot iGlove and iGlove Liner Glove.
I got the iGlove Liner last year for my iPhone and I love them.
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CaptSaltyJack said 4:50PM on 9-19-2008
Very cool. Purchased! I went for the ragg wool ones, I have a feeling those will be super warm and comfortable.
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Maaz said 2:09PM on 9-21-2008
Hey, did you receive your order or any sort of confirmation from the company itself?
I'm starting to get a little skeptical on how there is no company info on their website whatsoever. Minimalistic fail.
CaptSaltyJack said 6:13PM on 9-21-2008
Yep, got an email receipt.
Khris said 8:20PM on 9-19-2008
Sorry, I just can't trust the claim "The metal dots are curved, and will not scratch the screen of your device".
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puhsitch said 9:54PM on 9-19-2008
I imagine it's pretty unlikely that they'd accidentally put sharpened tips on your dots.
mato said 12:22PM on 9-20-2008
My grandma knitted "iPhone-Gloves" for me last year. Only the thumb, index and middlefingers are fingerless - the other finger are like normal gloves.. ;-)
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UpgradeManiac said 12:10PM on 9-22-2008
I was intrigued when GearDiary reported on these gloves last week at $10 knit and $15 wool. Now I see that they are $15 knit and $20 wool.
I'm a lot less interested after the price inflation within the past week.
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msb said 2:32PM on 12-04-2008
I ordered a pair back in September or October when this was first published, I heard nothing until today when I got a PayPal refund and a message that they are so back-logged that they're sending my money back. :-(
Oh well, I'll try something else or some other time.
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